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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 3 4 529 4,635 941
2 Bell, Derrick 6 20 716 2,730 806
3 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 26 335 3,272 620
4 Rhode, Deborah L. 10 19 374 1,488 1,045
5 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 315 2,037 490
6 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 411 707 793
7 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 21 173 1,637 737
8 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 14 232 1,759 235
9 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 13 261 439 1,304
10 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 170 1,911 234
11 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 322 341 949
12 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 9 15 191 1,304 469
13 Edelman, Marc 9 9 271 223 1,076
14 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 176 1,366 429
15 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 89 2,010 118
16 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 26 8 2,189
17 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 185 187 1,212
18 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 24 5 2,151
19 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 15 169 796 636
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 14 100 910 817
21 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 7 13 171 1,189 202
22 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 281 690 151
23 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 128 822 710
24 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 155 1,165 235
25 Zirkel, Perry A. 6 13 156 556 729
26 Lawrence, Charles R. 5 11 140 1,182 173
27 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 151 234 1,027
28 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 7 251 146 599
29 Schauer, Frederick 6 10 187 547 489
30 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 177 548 521
31 Priest, George L. 2 5 144 1,145 91
32 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 4 11 90 1,413 77
33 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 157 913 185
34 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 5 13 131 750 430
35 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 172 502 437
36 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 139 1,000 81
37 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 6 4 177 127 680
38 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 106 747 416
39 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 3 196 22 674
40 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 6 89 1,143 112
41 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 118 793 282
42 Frank, Jerome 5 8 86 1,080 155
43 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 137 785 196
44 Guinier, Lani 4 9 133 781 178
45 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 107 596 467
46 Cullen, Francis T. 4 6 51 111 1,167
47 Olivas, Michael A. 4 15 51 885 368
48 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 7 12 119 597 301
49 Parker, Christine 2 3 17 25 1,335
50 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 6 9 108 674 267
51 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 18 39 1,147 124
52 Keet, Michaela 2 3 17 26 1,310
53 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 5 128 271 522
54 Black, Charles L. Jr. 2 5 79 912 143
55 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 32 1,054 212
56 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 88 772 210
57 Kidder, William C. 6 11 106 493 376
58 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 4 5 97 675 232
59 Holden, John T. 7 1 144 2 647
60 Tushnet, Mark V. 2 8 43 1,053 121
61 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 96 750 151
62 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 98 769 104
63 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 119 629 117
64 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 77 881 75
65 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 7 54 602 450
66 McDougal, Myres S. 3 7 43 995 117
67 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 163 81 411
68 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 5 6 128 422 244
69 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 63 649 329
70 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 143 57 496
71 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 26 278 839
72 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 89 479 342
73 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 6 7 182 133 225
74 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 77 531 337
75 Greenawalt, Kent 3 10 69 707 199
76 Ingber, Stanley 3 6 88 683 130
77 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 62 347 573
78 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 7 48 908 101
79 Liu, Goodwin 5 8 111 443 234
80 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 9 147 281 212
81 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 159 46 375
82 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 95 529 205
83 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 5 10 95 458 245
84 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 122 460 118
85 Snidal, Duncan 2 2 122 453 117
86 Cramton, Roger C. 3 14 29 954 50
87 Hess, Gerald F. 6 10 80 482 251
88 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 5 8 97 538 115
89 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 7 6 119 160 358
90 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 127 249 230
91 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 72 571 178
92 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 147 188 173
93 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 4 12 75 491 228
94 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 112 202 319
95 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 7 7 146 150 199
96 Eskridge, William Yale University 6 7 87 469 171
97 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 4 8 46 555 286
98 Valdes, Francisco 5 13 74 526 173
99 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 83 495 156
100 Farrow, Trevor C.W. Osgoode Hall Law School, York University 2 3 45 44 770